Scissors-sharpener



(No Model.)

J. P. SOLLERS.

$UISSORS SHARPBNER. NO. 589,626. Patented Sept. 7,1897.

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SClSSORS-SHARPENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 589,626, datedSeptember 7, 1897. Application filed January 22, 1897. Serial No.620,235. (No model.)

To all whom 222; ll'bdl/ concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH 'P. SOLLERS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Scissors-Sharpeners, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved device for sharpening scissors,which will first be described. and then the parts or featuresconstituting the novel improvement will be pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the scissors-holderand file-guide. Fig.

2 is a side view of the file-holder. Figs. 3 and l show parts of thefile-holder in detail.

The letterA designates a block or foundation of suitable size and shapeto support the scissorsholder l5 and file-guide C, which two parts aremade of metal and united in one connected construction independent ofthe foundation. The scissors-holder comprises a standard (1, which has aclamp-jaw e, operated by a screw f. The file-guide comprises a standardhaving at its upper end an oblong or square opening 9 and below saidopening a circular hole 72. The scissorsholder standard and thefile-guide standard both project upward from opposite ends of a base-Darl. In fact, the said horizontal base-bar and two standards are integraland are connected by curved parts The base-bar I has lateral ears orflanges it, through which screws pass into the block or foundation A. Bythis construction of clampstandard B, file-holder guide O, and base-barI, connecting said two parts all in one piece, the proper relativeposition of said parts is assured at all ti1nes,no matterhow or wherethey may be mounted. A certain definite position of the file-holderguide G relative to the scissors-clamp is important, because the eftectof the file on the edge of the scissors-blade is determined bysuchposition. IIeretofore these two parts have been made separately, andthe result was that inexperienced persons would fail to get themadjusted so as to produce good results. My arrangement of permanentlyconnecting said two parts in one integral piece avoids the objectionreferred to.

The file-holder L consists of three parts and is constructed to operatean ordinary threecornered file m. It has a rod end '72, provided at oneextremity with a flange or ringshoulder n and a socket n openinginto theend at the center of said ring-shoulder. This socket is for thereception of the point end m of the file. It also has a handle 0, whichis provided with a ferrule having a lateral pin 0'. The handle also hasin its ferrule end a socket similar to that in the rod end, said socketto receive the shank or prong m of the file. A union-bar 13 has at oneend a collar 19', which takes around the said rod end a and bearsagainst the ring-shoulder u thereon, as seen in Fig. 2, while the otherend of the union-bar is provided with one or more holes 13 one of whichengages the lateral pin 0' on the handle. Thus the union-bar connectsthe rod end a and handle 0 and binds them together with the filemseeurely held between them. The union-bar has on its upper side twoparallel flanges q, extending longitudinally and forming on top achannel in which a stone 1" is secured. The two flanges q clamp thesides of the stone and hold it in position. By this construction thefile m is below the union-bar p and the stone 1* above it.

In operation the rod end at will be in the opening g or hole 71, as maybe, and the file will be in position above the scissors-blade, held bythe clamp-jaw e. The reciprocation of the file-holder will then sharpenthe scissors. After using the file the file-holder may be' given ahalf-turn to bring the Whetstone 'r below, and then by againreciprocating the file-holder the stone will act on the blade of thescissors.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is-- 1. In ascissors-sharpener, the combination of a clamp-standard; aguide-standard having an opening; a base supporting said two parts; anda file-holder having three detachable parts-a rod end provided with aringshoulder and adapted to hold one end of a file, a handle to hold theother end of a file, and a union-bar having at one end a collar whichsurrounds the rod en (1 and bears against the said ring-shoulder andwhose other end is attached to the handle, as set forth.

2. The combination of a rod end, a, provided with a rim g-shonlder; ahandle; a unionbar having at one end a collar which surrounds the saidrod end and bears against the shoulder and havingits other end attachedto the handle; and a file one end of which is held in the rod end andthe other end in the handle, as set forth.

The combination of a rod end, it, pro vided with a ring-shoulder ahandle; a unionbar having at one end a collar which surrounds the saidrod end and bears against the shoulder and having its other end attachedto the handle, and provided with two longi- In testimony whereof I affixmy signature 1 in the presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH P. SOLLERS. Witnesses:

CHARLES B. MANN, J12, NATHANIEL D. SOLLERS.

